"The changing world of work-------------------------------------------According to Marianne Thyssen, Commissioner Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility, “30 % of today's occupations did not exist 20 years ago. People will be constantly learning new skills. […] And in the digital age, you need to update these skills almost as soon as you learn them.” For the Institute for the Future “85% of the jobs that today’s learners will be doing in 2030 haven’t been invented yet.”Competency and qualification frameworks, the instruments of choice for human resource managers and education policy planners, have a hard time to adapt to this new world : from the moment the need for a new qualification emerges, to the moment of the first graduations, there is a minimum of four years…The need for a Sustainable World-------------------------------------------------------While the world of work is changing, the World is facing a number of challenges. To address those challenges, in 2015, United Nations Member States adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. At its heart are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call for action by all countries in a global partnership.Representing the actors of a low carbon transport system, the UIC is active on this agenda, in particular gender equality (5), industry innovation and infrastructure (9), climate action (13) and partnerships for the goals (17). REPAIR: an approach to building sustainable occupational frameworks------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A changing world of work requires new approaches to the development of occupational frameworks, and the need for The need for a Sustainable World an opportunity to make SDGs an integral part of those frameworks.The REPAIR (innovative) approach is twofold:* apply the lessons learned from modern mapping techniques to create lively occupational/practice/competency maps* make the reflexion on SDGs an integral part of the process to create forward looking occupational/practice/competency mapsIf we look at road maps, Google Maps and Open Street Maps have very little in common with yesterday’s paper maps. ""I honestly think we're seeing a more profound change, for map-making, than the switch from manuscript to print in the Renaissance,"" University of London cartographic historian Jerry Brotton told the Sydney Morning Herald. ”That was huge. But this is bigger.”No such things could be said from the way we are building competency and qualification frameworks. If we look at competency frameworks as “competency maps” describing an occupational “territory”, the process and technologies used for establishing those maps have not changed much since the 50’s.Digital maps are being established by the collection of data provided directly by the users, their navigation systems and other sensors. It is about harnessing the crowd’s intelligence through feedback loops: the map is created/updated by using the map itself. The old process of building maps from aerial photography and drawing boards has been supplanted by the capture of real time information. The digital map is both the outcome of a process (using it) and the enabler of this process.REPAIR impact----------------------REPAIR is about mobilising the collective intelligence of the workforce as curators of the information used to create real time occupational maps 'à la manière de' Open Street Map: a bottom-up framework mapping of practices to help students, citizens, employees, employers and public authorities to make informed decisions regarding learning and career paths. By making SDGs a component of the curation of practices, REPAIR will raise the awareness on the responsibility of and the opportunity for companies and workers to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.Outcomes-------------* REPAIR-Framework: a conceptual and practical framework supporting communities of practice as co-constructors of occupational/professional practices maps* REPAIR-Ecosystem: an Open Badge ecosystem to collect data (Open Badges) recognising current, emerging and expected practices* REPAIR-Pack: a range of resources supporting the activation of the communities of practice curating occupational/practices map* REPAIR-Mapping: communities of practice using Open Badges to map occupational/professional practices* REPAIR-Analysis: data collection and analysis leading to the publication of a White PaperProject Partners------------------------* Union Internationale des Chemins De Fer - France* Reconnaître-Open Recognition Alliance - France* Fachhochschule St Pölten - Austria* Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias - Spain* Institut für Partizipative Sozialforschun - Austria* Slovenske Železnice - Slovenia"

The main objective of the FCH2RAIL project is to develop, build, test, demonstrate and homologate a scalable, modular and multi-purpose Fuel Cell Hybrid PowerPack (FCHPP) applicable for different rail applications (multiple unit, mainline and shunting locomotives) also suitable to for retrofit existing electric and diesel trains, to reach TRL7. The project will start with a multi-country, multi railway-use-case analysis in order to derive requirements for the design, implementation and test of the FCHPP. Based on that the FCHPP will be designed and demonstrated in a retrofitted Bi-mode multiple unit that draws electricity from the catenary while operating on electrified sections and uses the FCH system as power source on non-electrified sections supported by an innovative train wide energy management system to minimise the energy and power consumption. In order to improve the energy efficiency of FCH traction systems, innovative on-board solutions are identified and benchmarked. The train demonstrator tests will be carried out cross-border in Portugal and Spain and homologation will be seeked for three EU countries. A systematic screening of H2 and rail related EU-wide normative and standard frameworks concerning gaps related to an EU-wide implementation of FCH Bi-mode trains will be carried out. These activities, closely interconnected to the design, testing and homologation of the FCHPP demonstrator train activities, will result in the proposition of changes to and active involvement in standardization and norming workgroups. An important aim of the FCH2RAIL project is to demonstrate the competitiveness of FCH against diesel trains. Therefore, project related KPI are collected and implemented to a LCC model which is applied to different rail sectors deriving cost reduction potentials. Dissemination will comprise the demonstration of the FCHPP and the train demonstrator complemented by intensive communication and publication activities.

DYNAFREIGHT stands for Innovative technical solutions for improved train DYNAmics and operation of longer FREIGHt Trains. The project will provide inputs for the development of the next railway freight propulsion concepts within S2R. Two main areas will be addressed: 1. Freight running gear for locomotives: DYNAFREIGHT will design and develop the necessary concepts that will allow a locomotive freight bogie to reduce wheel and track wear, to have lower noise and lower LCC, by focusing on: • Materials with freight vehicle applicability that allow a lighter bogie frame. • Noise optimized wheelsets and absorbing structures to reduce running gear related noise. • Passive and mechatronic systems for radial steering, improving running performances compared to conventional bogies. Reduction of wheel wear and damage, improved traction in curves and reduced resistance to motion in sharp curves will be achieved. • Monitoring of the most maintenance cost-intensive bogie elements, reducing LCC and improving the reliability and availability of the locomotive. 2. Operation of long freight trains: following the outcomes of MARATHON, DYNAFREIGHT will prepare the path for regular operations of long freight trains: • Defining functional, technical and homologation requirements for a radio remote controlled system. • Proposing safety precautions in train configuration and brake application by simulating the longitudinal forces and the derailment risk of long freight trains. • Identifying infrastructure adaptions for the operation of long freight trains. By the end of the project, the main achievements will be: • Improved performances: traction, speed, running dynamics and wheel/rail efforts • Reduced rail freight noise at the source • Enhance capacity/traffic throughput with the operation of longer trains • Reduced of operation and maintenance costs (reduce wheel and rail wear, smarter maintenance, etc.)

The VITE proposal is addressed to the call S2R-OC-IP2-02-2015-IT virtualization of testing environment. The main objective of VITE proposal is to reduce on-site tests for signalling systems leading to reducing overall testing costs. To achieve this main objective the work is organized in two main streams: First, to propose a testing framework by carefully analysing user’s needs and current situation and from there building a process that can be accepted by all railway stakeholders and whose main strength will be to perform as many tests as possible in the lab. An analysis of uncertainties and a simulation of GSMR QoS as well as a proposed methodology for test protocols optimisation will also be addressed. Secondly, to propose a standard architecture for the lab testing including the interface specifications for both the connection between real equipment and the lab tools as for the connection between different labs for remote testing. This architecture will be developed together with some SW tools that will help to automatise lab testing. To validate the test process framework and the lab architecture demonstrations by the participating labs using real track and train data from three of the most significant European countries deploying ETCS (Spain, Italy and Belgium), as well as an assessment by NoBos, DeBos and users from these three countries are also foreseen. Finally VITE has some dissemination and coordination actions to ensure the success and usefulness of the project in particular regarding the coordination with S2R-CFM-IP2-01-2015 and other S2R initiatives. The expected impact of the project is to significantly contribute to the development of a Zero Onsite testing environment. The VITE consortium involves users (RU and IM), independent labs, NoBos/DeBos and engineering and technological companies, all of them leading companies in the railway sector and in particular in signalling and ERTMS. This consortium thus complements the know-how and expertise of the S2R JU members.